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This is one of my favourite spots up above Roxburgh as it really shows just how in the middle of nowhere this town is
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One of many abstract images taken this month while out and about with some of my students of photography
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Studs as grip at the top of stairs in a library
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Frames within frames at New Brighton Pier, great to see it without all the building work again.
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Photobombed by a seagull.......fortunate timing for me
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Careful composition managed to hide that I was stood in the middle of a town when I saw this old motor
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Great lines on this old Ford
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The walkway at St Bathans is open again so we went exploring on a particularly sunny day.....I'll go back here again as the rock formations are amazing
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First time having a go at curling. Quite why they decided to build an international standard curling rink in Naseby is a mystery to me, but, it is amazing and such good fun. Definitely something to do if you are in the area at all.
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Views like that, no wonder I love where we live :-)
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The Bannockburn Sluicing's near Cromwell is still one of my favourite walks
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Natural stepping stones ;-)
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Could so easily be in the wild west of America with a landscape like this
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One of many great views we have on our drive home from Cromwell. This is looking the lake towards Clyde
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Lucky enough to be passing Lye Bow Lake on a perfectly calm day as the sun was coming up.
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It's been a very wet 12 months, that does mean there is plenty of hay though
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A road that seems to go on forever
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Another little gem of a spot to come back to one day
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Shelter in a storm
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Wonderful rhubarb courtesy of our neighbour, made for a great apple and rhubarb crumble :-)
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Yes.....that really is snow! Apparently February is very early to have snow on that spot so looks like we could be in for a cold winter......should be very pretty.
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Another abstract moment. Amazing what you can do with a head torch and a couple of forks ;-)
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Seems that every time we arrive in Queenstown it is stormy. I don't mind when it gives me an opportunity for images like this.
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To borrow a phrase from someone else this is The Remarkables looking decidedly remarkable
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